• Question: Hi Nicolas! I'm Polina. Can you answer my question, please: "What are the Black Holes?"

    Asked by Polina to Amy, Helen, Nicolas, Daniel, Thorrun on 12 Jun 2017.
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      Nicolas Labrosse answered on 12 Jun 2017:

      Hi Polina, Good question! I’d say that black holes are what remains of something that collapses under its own weight to a very small volume. For instance, a star may, at the end of its life, be crushed by its own weight to something quite small that becomes a black hole. The main characteristic of a black hole is that gravity around a black hole is very, very strong. So strong that not even light can escape it. Which is why it looks black.

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